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<h1>Folders Pane</h1>
<p>The Folders Pane contains the "tree view" of the folders where
you can navigate. Folders are ways to organize files better.</p>
<p>It is called a "tree view" because you have the folders hierarchy
represented like tree branches. It uses the same graphic representation
found in many modern operating systems.</p>
<h2>Basic Operations</h2>
<h3>Opening a Folder</h3>
<p>To open a folder, revealing its "children" folders, simply click
in the plus sign (<img src="images/002.gif" height="9" width="9" />) in
front of it. If the plus sign is not present, the folder doesn't have
children folders to be displayed.</p>
<p>See "Under Request Loading" below in this page to better
understand how folders are load.</p>
<h3>Closing a Folder</h3>
<p>To close a folder, hiding its children folders, simply click in
the minus sign (<img src="images/003.gif" height="9" width="9" />) in
front of it.</p>
<h3>Selecting a Folder</h3>
<p>To select a folder, making it the "current folder" in CKFinder,
simply click in the folder name, or in its icon. The selected folder
will have a different background color.</p>
<h2>Advanced Operations</h2>
<p>Advanced operations may be achieved on a folder by using its "<a
	href="012.html">Context Menu</a>". The following options are available:
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<p style="text-align: center"><img src="images/004.gif" width="104"
	height="75" />&nbsp;</p>
<p><span class="info">Note:</span> Some context menu buttons may be
disabled, depending on CKFinder settings enforced by your system
administrator. See "<a href="014.html">Access Control</a>" for more
information.</p>
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<h3>Creating Folders</h3>
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<p>To create a child folder inside an existing folder, just click
the "New Subfolder" option in the context menu. A dialog box will
appear, asking for the new folder name. Just type it and confirm.</p>
<p>Not all characters can be used in folder and files names due to
limitations in the systems where CKFinder runs. For instance, the
following characters cannot be used on folders and files names: <strong>\</strong>
<strong>/</strong> <strong>:</strong> <strong>*</strong> <strong>?</strong>
<strong>&quot;</strong> <strong>&lt;</strong> <strong>&gt;</strong> <strong>|</strong></p>
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<h3>Renaming Folders</h3>
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<p>To rename a folder, just click the "Rename" option in the context
menu. A dialog box, containing the current folder name, will appear,
asking for the new folder name. Just type it and confirm.</p>
<p>Not all characters can be used in folder and files names due to
limitations in the systems where CKFinder runs. For instance, the
following characters cannot be used on folders and files names: <strong>\</strong>
<strong>/</strong> <strong>:</strong> <strong>*</strong> <strong>?</strong>
<strong>&quot;</strong> <strong>&lt;</strong> <strong>&gt;</strong> <strong>|</strong></p>
<p><span class="warning">Attention:</span> by renaming a folder,
links or media insertions available in other pages, which point to files
or folders inside the renamed folder, will be "broken", therefore not
available anymore. So, be careful when using this feature.</p>
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<h3>Deleting Folders</h3>
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<p>To delete a folder, including its contents, just click the
"Delete" option in the context menu. A confirmation message will appear
to ensure that this operation is desired.</p>
<p><span class="warning">Attention:</span> by deleting a folder,
links or media insertions available in other pages, which point to files
or folders inside the deleted folder, will be "broken", therefore not
available anymore. So, be careful when using this feature.</p>
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<h2>"Under Request" Loading</h2>
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<p>The most important difference between CKFinder and the folders
tree found in operating systems, is that, in CKFinder, the folders are
loaded "under request". It means that it doesn't load the entire folders
tree at startup, but loads a small subset of them when "opening" the
folder. This is a requirement on advanced web applications like
CKFinder.</p>
<p>To indicate that folders are being loaded, the "Loading..." label
may appear when opening a folder:</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="images/005.gif" width="150"
	height="78" />&nbsp;</p>
<p>The label will automatically disappear once the folders load is
completed. Once loaded, the label should not appear anymore for that
folder.</p>
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